Where do we all live?

[chick]

Sure it's been done before but always good to have a reminder!

I'm in South Bucks, not far from Windsor!

[spudmum]

We are in the Midlands, on the Worcs/Warks border.

[knittinanny]

We're in east London, though DP works at a school in Clapham, so we get around.

[calpurnia]

I'm in south London - Brixton.

[hermionesmum]

I'm around the Oxon/Wilts border.

[NW6Londonmum]

As you can guess I'm North London!

[ankh]

:) Cornwall.

I lived in Brixton for a few years about eleven years ago....ahhhh those were the days, the Fridge, that really cool restaurant in or under the church, can't remember what its called... The Hobgoblin pub.

I Loved South London..

[Helen_A]

Milton Keynes... but one of the original towns down the bottom...

[elsa1975]

Guildford.
I am from Turkey and we have been living in UK since Sep 2006.
We came due to DH's job. I was 6 months pregnant at the time :wink
We love our town.

[edenluna]

Dunbar, Scotland.... outside of Edinburgh

[amitymama]

SW London

[Lily Eve]

I'm an American living in North London with my English husband and son.

[Lily Eve]

Guildford.
I am from Turkey and we have been living in UK since Sep 2006.
We came due to DH's job. I was 6 months pregnant at the time :wink
We love our town.

Turkey? My husband's parents are both Turkish Cypriots. I visited Istanbul a year and a half ago and LOVED it! I'm now hooked on Turkish foods (minus meats as I'm a vegetarian). The streets of Istanbul reminded me of what Paris must've been like in the 1800s along the Left Bank. Everyone sits outside eating and drinking and chatting away. Beautiful place. :thumb

[MummaLitt]

Penrith, Cumbria

I'm a US transplant... moved to UK May 07, found out I was pregnant almost as soon as we arrived. We are planning on returning to the states this summer. But in the meantime, I know nothing about where I live and don't know anyone. I'm a brand-new SAHM still trying to figure out how to "do" the whole SAHM-thing.

[ktbabe]

Hereford!

[Rainbow2911]

North Shropshire. :)

[wildflowermama]

Bridgend, Wales as of November 2008.

US citizen transplanting to the UK for at least 2 years.

[jodie84]

Beautiful Hackney :)

[elsa1975]

Turkey? My husband's parents are both Turkish Cypriots. I visited Istanbul a year and a half ago and LOVED it! I'm now hooked on Turkish foods (minus meats as I'm a vegetarian). The streets of Istanbul reminded me of what Paris must've been like in the 1800s along the Left Bank. Everyone sits outside eating and drinking and chatting away. Beautiful place. :thumb
Thank you,I am glad you liked my city.
Yep,Turkish food is very tasty ;) esp. veggie dishes.

[Lizzardbits]

Crickey for all us Americans! we are in solihull, but my newborn was born in Brum :)

Been here since nov 2006, but originally from Iowa

[hakeber]

I'm in Blantyre, outside of Glasgow, newly arrived (another US transplant, but I haven't lived there in over 8 years)

[Eloise1980]

Hackney, East London

I grew up in Ireland and my DP is from Scotland, we plan on moving there sometime after the new baby is born.

[marsmom]

NE London.

Another US expat here. After 11 yrs in the US with my English husband, we moved here in Jan 07. It was hard work moving with two small children, but we're all settled in now and love it - making good friends and love the area. Although there's a definite lack of crunchiness around here that keeps me coming back to MDC!

[knittinanny]

There are nearly enough of us American expats here to start a whole new tribe! :)

[floeb]

Hereford!

Me too! :)

[Onemagicmummy]

North Tyneside near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

[Triciastar]

:cold: Durham

[Kapat]

Liverpool.

[Kay11]

Sussex

[UK Mom]

Cambridge!

[bizbe]

Salisbury, just down the road from Stonehenge

[nomadmom]

Yet another American (from Florida) here! I'm in the North West, near the Lancs/W.Yorks border. My dh is English, and we've moved back and forth between our two countries a whole bunch of times. My ds was born in the U.S.; dd was born in England.

[bente]

Cambridge!

What is Cambridge like?

[Pen_esque]

Another US ex-pat!

I am thrilled to say that I am about to live in Southeast London again. My husband (he's English) and I have been in Brooklyn for the past 3 years, and while we've absolutely loved our time here, the baby on the way in October told us it was time to go home, which was always the plan anyway. It was bit edgy for the past few weeks as we waited for my Indefinite Leave to Remain to be reinstated, but it came through yesterday and we're flying home in 12 days!

We'll be staying with our wonderful ILs for a few weeks while we look for a place, but we're aiming for something in or near Brockley.

[Hannahsmummy]

Glasgow.

I am also an expat. I'm actually Canadian but moved here from San Francisco. My husband is American and my daughter was born here. We've been here for almost 8 years.

[linzbinz]

I'm yet ANOTHER expat, from Seattle! :)

We live in St. Neots, about 15 minutes from Cambridge. I'm terribly lonely! Is anybody nearby?

[powpow]

expat here from philly!
we live in se london, in a lovely area of lewisham/brockley.

[Pen_esque]

expat here from philly!
we live in se london, in a lovely area of lewisham/brockley.


We may be neighbours soon. We're looking at houses in Brockley/Lewisham today!

[mamajax]

I live in the North West, just south of Manchester, in Cheshire.

[powpow]

We may be neighbours soon. We're looking at houses in Brockley/Lewisham today!

cool! i really like it around here. I'm in the hilly fields area, and lewisham is going to be changing quite a bit in the next 10 years.
there are good transport links, nice parks, easy feeling neighborhood.
hope you find something you like.
drop me a line if you need any info on the area.

[GoBecGo]

Glasgow.

Hannah'smummy they were filming for Dear Green Place in front of my house (i'm on the green) on Monday. Had neds with goats in the scene :)

mamajax are you anwhere near Macclesfield? I was born there...

[arwenevenstar]

I'm yet ANOTHER expat, from Seattle! :)

We live in St. Neots, about 15 minutes from Cambridge. I'm terribly lonely! Is anybody nearby?


Yeah!!!! We are looking to buy a house in St Neots, would LOVE to bend your ear on the area!! Will PM you!

[mamajax]

Gobecgo - Yes! I am extremely near Macclesfield...it's the nearest largeish town to me. Did you live there for long? You're one of the lucky ones who escaped by the sounds of it!

[GoBecGo]

I lived there until i was 5, then we moved to Scotland. I have been here since, mum and dad moved back in 1998, mum died in 2005 and dad moved in 2006 to Yorkshire. Where are you then? Knutsford? POSH! LOL. ;)

Bec

[mamajax]

Where are you then? Knutsford? POSH! LOL. ;)

Bec

No...not Knutsford! :wink I could keep you guessing...not Prestbury, Wilmslow or Alderley Edge...

[GoBecGo]

Hmmm, big place or little place?

My next guesses would be Leek, Rainow or Congleton... Or i guess Wilmslow, but you're getting up against Stockport then. And it depends too on if you're counting Buxton as a town or not. My brother used to work in Buxton - he's in Stockport now. My other 3 brothers are all in Macc still :)

It's not Cheadle or Cheadle Hulme is it? My family's recent history, such as it is, is in Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme!

[mamajax]

Closer than Leek and Congleton - about the same distance as Rainow...I wonder if I know any of your brothers! :D

[chaotix]

Hi all, I'm new here & I'm in Newquay, Cornwall x

[mamajax]

hi Chaotix! :wink

[macca333]

I'm in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

[GoBecGo]

Mamajax...Langley? Lyme Green? Henbury? Bollington?

It would be CRAZY if you knew any of my brothers!

[poppyseed]

I am in South West (SW6) London and love this area!

[bella_stranger]

moving to SE London (Greenwich) at the end of the month. yay!

[Mommiska]

I'm in Blantyre, outside of Glasgow, newly arrived (another US transplant, but I haven't lived there in over 8 years)

Oh my goodness - really?! I'm an American as well, and I've lived in Blantyre with my family (dh - British, and 4 kiddos) since 2001!

What brings you to Blantyre (and where were you before that?)?

And here's the reason I've been digging around in the Finding our Tribe Area (I don't usually have time):

Here is a video that Democrats Abroad is trying to spread far and wide - it is very easy to register to vote from abroad, and more important than ever in this election year.

I vote in Virginia, which all the polls suggest is very close - I'll definitely be getting my ballot in! If you are American and living abroad, please make sure to request your ballot soon so that you can vote in this very important election:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amukRM9SSoo

Just a reminder for all of us ex-pats - get your ballot request forms in (the Democrats Abroad site makes it very easy to fill in the necessary form) pronto so you'll be able to vote in November!

[powpow]

moving to SE London (Greenwich) at the end of the month. yay!
brilliant - i'm 10 minutes from greenwich! :)

[Pen_esque]

I'm in Greenwich right now (Blackheath), but as I mentioned several posts down, I am hoping to move to Brockley soon. Our offer on a place was accepted, so it's with the solicitors now. I hope they hurry-- I'm planning a homebirth at the end of Oct and a home is required!

Bella, where are you moving from?

[Plaid Leopard]

Hello!

We just moved to Milton Keynes. Living in the UK is so EASY (yet expensive!) after 6 years in Germany! I'm American, DH is French and we have 4 kids.

[flapjack]

Hello, Plaid Leopard! I saw your name, and thought...but doesn't she live in Germany?

[CrunchyMamaToBe]

Oxford!

We're US expats, too, originally from near Seattle and near Santa Barbara. We've been here just shy of seven years.

[Helen_A]

Oooo there are possibly a few of us in this area (ish) now... should we plan for a, um, meet of some sort?

(although there is no train between oxford/mk/bedford/cambridge, there is a darn good bus service.....)

[orangefoot]

We're in Abingdon just south of Oxford. I see a few crunchy folks around here breastfeeding on the bench under the tree by Woolworths or with mei tais and wraps and wonder if maybe they are on MDC too!

[CrunchyMamaToBe]

We're in Abingdon just south of Oxford. I see a few crunchy folks around here breastfeeding on the bench under the tree by Woolworths or with mei tais and wraps and wonder if maybe they are on MDC too!
They might be on MDC, but I bet at least one of them comes to LLL and SlingMeet in Oxford!

I'd be keen to meet some other MDC mums/moms in the area. If people are interested, I can try to organize something or other in Oxford in a few weeks. Or we've never been to Cambridge and are always talking about how we mean to go...

[orangefoot]

You're probably right! I went to a small sling meet in Abingdon about 18 months ago but I haven't been to any of the Oxford ones as we are sort of out of slings now and going round in different circles like school and home ed which makes the time of some things difficult.

We are in Oxford once a week with other home edders at SOAP on Whitehouse Road if you ever want to come and talk to anyone about home edding:)

[oliversmum2000]

hampshire :)

[chick]

A meet up would be fab!

(But I'm not very crunchy so don't shoot me!)

[flapjack]

Yep. A meet-up would be good, and Oxford would be great for me. I was about to ask if anyone else was going to the Organic Food Festival in Bristol next weekend?

[bejprincess]

Born in Leeds. Now live in the U.S. (sigh)

[Vinigirl]

I just posted an intro but I'll post here too :-)

We're Canadians who are currently living in Seattle, WA. We've been here just under 3 years.
We're relocating to London for my husband's job at the beginning of November.

his office is in Camden, we'd like to live as close as possible to the office but with 5 kids I'm thinking we may need to look a bit farther afield. Any tips on where is a good area to live with kids? We're very AP, unschoolers and would like a family friendly area, not too pricey ( I hear that this may well be impossible and so am prepared for it!*grin*) where we have access to shops and transport links in to DHs office and where we can hopefully get by without a car. Any North Londoners have an opinion on whether I'm totally nutty and have unreasonable expectations?

I'm open to any and all suggestions!
It feels good to see so many ex pats here! I'm super excited to get to the UK and start exploring and meeting people.

Warmly,
xo

[jimmer73]

Hertfordshire, although originally a Glaswegian.

[Kirstyandgirls]

I live in the North West, just south of Manchester, in Cheshire.

I'm in blackburn, lancs

[babymonster]

Cumbria :)

[lilabet]

Bridgend, Wales as of November 2008.

US citizen transplanting to the UK for at least 2 years.

I used to go to College near there!!!

I live in Clerkenwell, London.

[lilabet]

I just posted an intro but I'll post here too :-)

We're Canadians who are currently living in Seattle, WA. We've been here just under 3 years.
We're relocating to London for my husband's job at the beginning of November.

his office is in Camden, we'd like to live as close as possible to the office but with 5 kids I'm thinking we may need to look a bit farther afield. Any tips on where is a good area to live with kids? We're very AP, unschoolers and would like a family friendly area, not too pricey ( I hear that this may well be impossible and so am prepared for it!*grin*) where we have access to shops and transport links in to DHs office and where we can hopefully get by without a car. Any North Londoners have an opinion on whether I'm totally nutty and have unreasonable expectations?

I'm open to any and all suggestions!
It feels good to see so many ex pats here! I'm super excited to get to the UK and start exploring and meeting people.

Warmly,
xo

You might be in luck - North can be much cheaper than South. Try looking in Hackney. Or just north of Camden. Don't go West of Camden, it will get way too expensive.

[Impressionist]

Newcastle upon Tyne!:cold: Another expat...

[Onemagicmummy]

Impressionist, Where abouts are you, im not too far from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
im only about 20 mins on metro away from city center

Kiz

[artparent]

we're a canadian/british family, just moving to muswell hill in north london this month! also homelearners!

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[akaisha]

*waves hello*

hi everyone!

DP and I are new to the UK. he has citizenship because his mom was born here, but she left when she was 15 so this is the first time he's lived here. we're canadians as well, from southern ontario, and right now we're living in frimley green. it's a little town near camberley in surrey, but at the end of this month we're moving, probably to woking, still in surrey. DP works in frimley and i'm currently job hunting so woking is driveable distance to his office and commutable to london on the train should i wind up working there.

DP owns his own business and works from home usually, but he's doing an office contract while we're in the UK this year. we're here for about a year and then it's back to canada for 12-18 months to tie up some things, then after we get married in october 2010 we're moving here for good. we don't have any littles yet, but when we do they'll be homeborn and homelearned as well.

it looks like there's a big north american expat community here, which makes me feel a little more relaxed about such a huge move.

nice to meet you all!

[rainbowsprite]

I used to live in abingdon (just south of oxford) until last year and may be one of the MT mamas people have seen around :)

I now live in the Isle of Man (half way between liverpool and belfast) and I think I am the only person on the island with a MT although I have seen a couple of mamas with ring slings. When me and my DH go out each wearing a DD in a MT we get all sort of strange looks, it is very funny!!! I also make a point of NIP whenever I can simply because no-one else seems to do it :)

[Helen_A]

Oooo I know Frimley Green... seems weird to see it described as a town, cos it wasn't when I was a child (near) there... I was tiny though - lived the first 8 years of my life in Farnborough :eyesroll at me :eyesroll